picket
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈpɪkɪt/
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- Hael dismounted and drove his wooden picket pin into the earth, securing his reins to the pin.
Examples
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He covered a picket with his hand, and a shadow fell over the treetops.
Fiction book (1992) -
She had traded in her picket-line duties of the late forties for ecology issues of the eighties, living in rural California.
Fiction book (1993) -
I set two sections of white picket fence next to the tree and snapped them together.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the 18th century, some soldiers were subjected to a harsh picket for disciplinary reasons.
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The commander decided that a soldier would receive a picket as punishment for falling asleep on guard duty.
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Historically, a soldier might face a picket as a severe consequence for misconduct during battle.
Synonyms
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9.9
A metal device used in the past to crush or heat the foot to cause pain
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9.9
A metal tool used in the past to crush a person's foot and leg during torture
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8.0
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
An old military punishment that forced a soldier to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
Compounds
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4.2
A line of workers outside a workplace during a strike who stand to protest and stop others entering
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2.0
A row of upright wooden or metal boards with spaces that mark the edge of a yard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picket began with the old French piquet, a 'small sharp stake' from piquer 'to prick'. Soldiers were once forced to stand on such a pointed stake as punishment, so picket came to mean that cruel military punishment.